The 2006 Australian wine surplus was estimated to hit 900 million liters, enough to serve every man, woman and child in the world a glass on the house.

FORBES

Mr Sinha could have cut staff (the railways alone are estimated to have 500, 000 surplus workers).

ECONOMIST: India

Given a copper price last year well over twice the estimated long term price, Chile had a fiscal surplus of the order of 9% of GNP.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Venezuelan oil bonanza

China's current-account surplus has fallen from 11% to an estimated 6% of GDP.

ECONOMIST: China's export prospects